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No fewer than 40 National Assembly members may be forced to vacate their seats for concurrently holding memberships of the National Assembly, ECOWAS Parliament and the Pan-African Parliament and collecting…

President Bola Tinubu has commended the inauguration of Nigeria’s largest lithium processing plant in Lafia, Nasarawa State, hailing it as a clear indication of the country’s attractiveness for foreign…

The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, has said his opposition to state policing in Nigeria has not changed but he concedes to the stance of President Bola Tinubu who is promoting state…

The Nigerian Army on Friday pulled out 29 generals of the Infantry Corps who retired from active military service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that out of the 29 retired infantry officers pulled out of…

The member representing Aguata Federal Constituency of Anambra State, Rep. Dominic Okafor, has threatened to take legal action over a media report that he collected a bribe of $140 million from Binance.  He stated this…

The Lagos State commissioner for environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab said any Lagosians affected by the demolition by the state government can apply for compensation. Wahab disclosed this while speaking in an…

–Laments existence of 45 charges, levies on operators Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, has told the Federal Government not to use the…

Labour Party Governorship candidate of Lagos State in the 2023 election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour said the approach of recent demolitions carried out by the Lagos State government lacked empathy. Rhodes-Vivour stated this in…

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said the rate of banditry will continue to grow across the country if the government fails to prioritise the education of Nigerian youths. Kukah stated this on…

Lagos State Government has awarded the construction of 13 new jetties and terminals across the state to improve the water transportation system and safety on waterways. Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure…

Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated a total of 135 terrorists, apprehended 182, and rescued 140 kidnap victims in ground and air operations across the country in the last week. The Director, Defence Media…

•Fears another ‘Operation Wetie’ is in the making A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, on Friday, urged elders and stakeholders of the party to intervene…

The naira depreciated to N1,470 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market on Friday. The current FX rate represents a 1.38 percent…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the quest of Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, to allegedly disobey Nigeria’s constitution and govern in denial of the existence of the state legislature is, in and of itself,…

A reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Daniel Ojukwu has regained his freedom from Police detention. FIJ on Friday confirmed in a post on X that Ojukwu has been released by the…

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has slammed the opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly members over its perceived quietness on the controversial cybersecurity levy. On May 6, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…

Senator Ali Ndume has condemned the controversial cybersecurity levy, saying that it is not proper for the government to continue to levy the citizens while nothing is done to increase their income. The lawmaker…

The Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Olatunji Disu, has clarified the presence of police officers at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt. Addressing speculations about the presence of…

Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has gazetted the Executive Order 001 relocating the House of Assembly to the Auditorium, Admin Block of the Government House, Port Harcourt. The gazette dated December 14th, 2023, cited the…

The Rivers State Government has advised former Commissioner for Justice, Zaccheus Adangor, to come clean on the reason behind his resignation. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and…

About 30 armed policemen have taken over all the entrances to the House of Assembly quarters located along the Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. It was gathered that both the first and second gates to the…

Abdulwahab Mohammed, lead counsel for Yahaya Bello, former Kogi governor, has asked a federal high court in Abuja to give him four weeks to search for his client. Mohammed added that the ex-governor’s whereabouts…

The (NIMC) says 107.33 million Nigerians have been enrolled into the national identification number (NIN) database as of May 2023. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, director-general of NIMC, made this known at a press conference in…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Nigeria’s budget deficit would increase beyond the projected figure for 2024 due to implicit fuel and electricity subsidy payments and increased interest costs on debt.…